Re: X-SAMPA confusion (sorry)

Rodlox wrote:

>  I meant no snide attack upon the people working upon CXS...only my own
> frustration that, no sooner have I learned X-Sampa even moderately well,
> than I hear its being replaced/revamped.
I have always strongly believed that the CXS chart ought to use one
colour for CXS equivalents that are identical to X-Sampa equivalents,
and another colour for CXS equivalents that are different from the
corresponding X-Sampa equivalents.

Basically, CXS is identical to X-Sampa except that:

  * The central closed unrounded vowel is i\ instead of 1.
  * The central closed rounded vowel is u\ instead of }.
  * The vowel as in English cat is & instead of {.
  * The front open rounded vowel is &\ instead of &.

In addition, CXS allows the choice of (I think) three different
conventions for indicating stress. Like X-Sampa, it allows {'} for
primary stress and {,} for secondary stress, which is the system I
vastly prefer. It also allows {'} for primary stress and {"} for
secondary stress, which is a system that I hate and despise with great
passion. Fortunately, I don't have to use it.

Adrian.

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